Improvement in shoe-horns



OOON. Shoe-Horn.

N04. 222,020. Patented Nov. 25, 18 79 WITNESSES. INVENTDRI N. PErERs. FHOTO-LITHDGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D. Q

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIoE.

MATTHEW F. coon, or nosron, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHOEI-HORNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,020, dated November 25, 1879 application filed October 3, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATTHEW F. OooN, of Boston, county of Sufiolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement; in Shoe-Horns, of which the following specification, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is such a full, clear, and exact description as will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same.

In said drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan view of my improved shoe-horn when ready for use. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same when closed, and Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the same when closed.

This invention relates to the construction of shoe-horns, either of metal, gutta-percha, celluloid, or any suitable material, in such a mannor as to be readily closed together, so as to occupyv about one-half or one-third of the usual length, making it very convenient for those wishing snch an article always ready for use when traveling.

lteferrin g to the drawings, the part marked A is the end usually inserted in the heel of the shoe. B is the middle part, and O is the handle. a a a are small square or oblong blocks, made fast to A and B, and standing up from their surfaces, so as to reach through the slots b b b, which are made in B and O, and are provided with heads to keep'the parts B and G from coming off, yet allowing them to slide freely back and forth.

The part B may be dispensed with, if desired, when, as will be readily seen, there need be but one block or rivet, a, and one slot, 1), when the two parts A and G will be connected in the same manner as the two parts B and C are now connected, making a shoe-horn, when closed, that may be conveniently carried in the pocket.

Having thus fully described my invention, 1 claim As an improved article of manufacture, a shoe-horn consisting of a series of connected plates adapted to slide one upon the other, substantially as shown, for the purpose stated.

MATTHEW F. COON.

IRA W. JONES. 

